PROJC00440 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/PO #: C150034
• Contractor Name: Owl Creek Supply and Irrigation Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 1
• County: Weld
• Bill Number: HB 00-1419
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department o/Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone, [phone]
FAX, [phone]

MEMORANDUM
(Updated February 4, 2000)

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TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Bill Owens
Governor

FROM:

John Van Sciver, P.E.
Mike Serlet, P.E.
Chief, Water Supply Planning and Finance Section,

Greg E.Walcher
Executive Director

Peter H. Evans
ewes Director

DATE:

January 14, 2000

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 10d, January 26-27, 2000 Board Meeting
Owl Creek Supply and Irrigation Company

Introduction
The Owl Creek Supply and Irrigation Company (OCSIC) is applying for a $450,000 loan to
rehabilitate hydraulic structures on the Company's ditch system. The estimated total cost of the
project is $500,000. Please see the attached project summary and map.

Backllround
The OCSIC, located in Weld County, operates the Owl Creek Supply Ditch for the benefit of the
shareholders by providing transportation of irrigation water. The Company owns no water rights
and no reservoirs, and operates as an extension of the Eaton Ditch, The stockholders in the
OCSIC own water through their stock in the Larimer and Weld Irrigation Company, the Larimer
and Weld Reservoir Company, the Windsor Reservoir and Canal Company, and CST, The
facilities consist of 12 miles of ditch and associated hydraulic structures. The hydraulic structures
(check structures, drop structures, measuring weirs) are severely deteriorated. The OCSIC wants
to rehabilitate these structures.

Feasibility Studies
The OCSIC retained Duane Smith P.E., of Smith Geotechnical, to conduct a feasibility study, The
study was completed December 1999 and includes an assessment of altematives available for
rehabilitation of the ditch hydraulic structures,

The Owl Creek Supplv and Irrillation Company
The OCSIC is a mutual ditch company and a non-profit corporation registered in the State of
Colorado. There are 145 shareholders and 996.5 shares of stock. The OCSIC has the power to
set annual assessments to be paid by the shareholders, the power to cut off water deliveries to
shareholders that fail to pay their assessments, and the power to offer stock for sale to pay
back assessments. The OCSIC delivers water to a 12,OOO-acre service area located north east
of Greeley. Approximately 10,000 acres of the service area is currently irrigated,